A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about K-pop in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. K-pop has an estimated audience of 3,099,648 people in France.
The average K-pop fan in France is 33.8 years old, more female, and lives primarily in Île-de-France.
The audience is concentrated in Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hauts-de-France.
Top brand affinities include Food and drink, Sports, Consumer electronics, with strongest over-indexing on Food and drink (3× the country average).
Demographically, the K-pop audience skews more female with an average age of 33.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Pet Ownership, Extroversion.
Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.
The typical K-pop fan in France is more female, around 33.8 years old, with strong Pet Ownership tendencies and a notable affinity for Food and drink.
The key figures that characterise the K-pop profile in France.
59.3% are female, 40.7% are male, average age 33.8.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 59.3% |
| Male | 40.7% |
| Average age | 33.8 |
| Estimated audience size | 3,099,648 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 33% | |
| 20-29 | 25% | |
| 30-39 | 15% | |
| 40-49 | 14% | |
| 50+ | 13% |
of the worldwide K-pop audience comes from France.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| China | 18.1% |
| Japan | 14.0% |
| United States | 13.8% |
Where the K-pop audience in France is strongest.
| # | Region | Reach | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | ~300K | 1.24× | |
| 02 | Hauts-de-France | ~300K | 1.11× | |
| 03 | Normandy | ~200K | 1.05× | |
| 04 | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | ~300K | 1.04× | |
| 05 | Occitanie | ~300K | 1.03× | |
| 06 | Grand Est | ~300K | 1.03× | |
| 07 | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | ~100K | 1.01× | |
| 08 | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | ~400K | 0.98× | |
| 09 | Centre-Val de Loire | ~100K | 0.98× | |
| 10 | Pays de la Loire | ~200K | 0.93× | |
| 11 | Île-de-France | ~500K | 0.89× | |
| 12 | Brittany | ~100K | 0.88× | |
| 13 | Corsica | ~10K | 0.84× |
The strongest cross-interests of the K-pop audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Cuisine | Food & Beverages | 3.30× | ||
| 02 | Consumer electronics | Technology & Electronics | 3.06× | ||
| 03 | Outdoor recreation | Sports | 3.04× | ||
| 04 | Food and drink | Food & Beverages | 3.00× | ||
| 05 | KPop Demon Hunters | Movies & TV | 2.90× | ||
| 06 | Sports | Sports | 2.84× | ||
| 07 | Pets | Pets & Animals | 2.81× | ||
| 08 | Arts and music | Arts & Culture | 2.79× | ||
| 09 | Movies | Movies & TV | 2.77× | ||
| 10 | Men's clothing | Fashion & Accessoires | 2.77× | ||
| 11 | Child | Kids & Family | 2.64× | ||
| 12 | Automobiles | Cars & Mobility | 2.57× | ||
| 13 | Shopping | Shopping | 2.48× | ||
| 14 | Design | Home & Garden | 2.42× | ||
| 15 | Gift | Shopping | 2.36× | ||
| 16 | Entertainment | Movies & TV | 2.22× | ||
| 17 | Reading | Literature | 2.11× | ||
| 18 | TikTok | Internet & Social Media | 1.82× | ||
| 19 | Video games | Games | 1.69× | ||
| 20 | Harry Potter | Movies & TV | 1.66× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pet Ownership | JOY | 1.71× | |
| Extroversion | THRILL | 1.59× | |
| Design Affinity | PREMIUM | 1.45× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Awareness | PREMIUM | 0.86× | |
| Need for Security | CONSERVATISM | 0.94× | |
| DIY Mentality | THRILL | 0.97× |
K-pop has an estimated audience of 3,099,648 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
59.3% of K-pop fans are female, 40.7% are male, with an average age of 33.8 years.
K-pop fans show strongest brand affinity for Food and drink (3×), Sports (2.84×), and Consumer electronics (3.06×) over the country average.
K-pop fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~500K), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~400K), and Hauts-de-France (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.
Beyond K-pop itself, the audience over-indexes on Sports (2.84×), Consumer electronics (3.06×), Arts and music (2.79×), and Cuisine (3.3×) compared to the France average.
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in France who actively search for K-pop. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.
This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across France. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.
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